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RealChildWindowFromPoint function

Retrieves a handle to the child window at the specified point. The search is restricted to immediate child windows; grandchildren and deeper descendant windows are not searched.

Syntax

C++


HWND WINAPI RealChildWindowFromPoint(
  _In_ HWND  hwndParent,
  _In_ POINT ptParentClientCoords
);

Parameters

hwndParent [in]

Type: HWND

A handle to the window whose child is to be retrieved.

ptParentClientCoords [in]

Type: POINT

A POINT structure that defines the client coordinates of the point to be checked.

Return value

Type:

Type: HWND

The return value is a handle to the child window that contains the specified point.

Remarks

RealChildWindowFromPoint treats HTTRANSPARENT areas of a standard control differently from other areas of the control; it returns the child window behind a transparent part of a control. In contrast, ChildWindowFromPoint treats HTTRANSPARENT areas of a control the same as other areas. For example, if the point is in a transparent area of a groupbox, RealChildWindowFromPoint returns the child window behind a groupbox, whereas ChildWindowFromPoint returns the groupbox. However, both APIs return a static field, even though it, too, returns HTTRANSPARENT.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library	User32.lib
DLL	User32.dll